"With momentum building for sentencing reform and federal judges among the most avid supporters of rolling back harsh mandatory minimum sentences, one judge is standing up for lower sentences for a particularly controversial category of defendant — those guilty of child pornography offenses."

"In contemporary America, condemnation of pedophilia rests on sentiment and not on moral reasoning. Nobody can simultaneously explain why pedophilia is so vile and uphold the first commandment of the sexual revolution: Fulfill thy desires."

"Over the course of this past summer, I read an abundance of classic novels including: “Brave New World,” “Catch-22” and “The Great Gatsby.” While these books were incredible, there was one book that really stood out from the rest: “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov. “Lolita” was not necessarily my favorite, but the subject matter was so controversial it had me hooked from the first page."http://www.videtteonline.com/index.php/2013/09/30/pedophilia-a-possible-sexual-orientation

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September 29, 2013

Shining a light [darkly]

"In 1976, Britain's National Council for Civil Liberties - now known as Liberty - made a submission to Parliament's criminal law revision committee, stating: "Childhood sexual experiences, willingly engaged in with an adult, result in no identifiable damage."

What was really needed, it argued, was a change in the attitude that assumed that all cases of paedophilia resulted in lasting damage."